Today, the full Texas Senate overwhelmingly passed Senate Bill 175, a bill to prevent local governments from spending tax dollars to hire lobbyists to advocate for more spending, higher taxes, and bigger budgets. “Texans value liberty, limited government, and personal freedom. Yet, local governments put those things in jeopardy when they spend tax dollars to...
Press Release April 6, 2023Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation commends the passage of Senate Bill 7, legislation that will help reduce variability of the electricity supply and protect Texas ratepayers from runaway energy bills. The bill now heads to the Texas House for further consideration. “Requiring unreliable electric generators to firm up their energy supply during times of...
Press Release April 5, 2023Today, the Texas House unanimously passed House Bill 4, a proposal that would afford Texans the strongest data privacy protections in the nation. The bill now heads to the Texas Senate for consideration. TPPF CEO Greg Sindelar released the following statement: “Texans should be able to exercise control and ownership over their personal information. As...
Press Release April 5, 2023Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation commends the Texas Senate for passing Senate Bill 14, an effective and compassionate approach to protecting children struggling with gender dysphoria. The bill now heads to the Texas House for consideration. “Senate Bill 14 will protect Texas children from harmful and unscientific sex reassignment medical procedures. This bill will...
Press Release April 4, 2023Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation applauds the Texas Senate Education Committee for passing Senate Bill 8 to the Senate floor for a full vote. This legislation will ensure that the parents of 5.4 million children are empowered to take a central role in their children’s education, through the protection of parental rights and by...
Press Release March 28, 2023Today, TPPF’s Life:Powered released a new research paper analyzing the infiltration of ESG into Texas pension systems through the firms they hire to assist them with voting their shares in corporate elections, also known as proxy voting. “Keeping Politics Out of Texas Pensions Through Proxy Voting Reform” is a timely analysis showing how lax oversight by Texas pensions has allowed proxy...
Press Release March 27, 2023Today, Mandy Drogin, campaign director for TPPF’s Next Generation Texas campaign, will testify before the Senate Education Committee, specifically on Senate Bill 8 and universal education savings accounts. In addition, Hera Varmah and Nathan Cunneen, from TPPF’s partner organization American Federation for Children, will be testifying about their successful experience with school choice programs in...
Press Release March 22, 2023Today, States Trust applauds the Republican effort to lower energy costs for working families. The common sense legislation, introduced last week by Majority Leader Steve Scalise, tackles the needs of everyday Americans by bringing down high energy costs, strengthening America’s energy infrastructure, and protecting our environment. The Lower Energy Cost Act will repeal counterproductive taxes on...
Press Release March 21, 2023Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation releases a new video the tells the story of two suburban moms who became education activists to protect kids from out-of-control school board members and other school district officials. In “No Recourse,” Dr. Mary Bone and Danielle Weston recount the events that led them to successfully run for school...
Press Release March 17, 2023Today, The Texas Public Policy Foundation released a video detailing instances of adult material, racist lessons, and anti-parent activity going on in schools across Texas. Research shows these examples occur in rural, suburban, and urban schools at all grade levels among every socioeconomic stratum and regardless of how high or low a school or district...
Press Release March 15, 2023As Mexican drug cartels have unleashed a wave of violence in Mexico and on the border, lawmakers must designate them as foreign terrorist organizations, according to new research from the Texas Public Policy Foundation. The research, “Designating the Mexican Cartels as Terrorist Organizations,” reveals that despite concerns of increased asylum claims, labeling cartels as FTOs...
Press Release March 15, 2023Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation commends Sen. Brian Birdwell and the Texas House for their leadership in helping secure the Texas-Mexico border. These pieces of legislation are geared toward providing the state with the tools necessary to better ensure the safety of Texans, in the face of federal government failure. Senate Bill 2424 would...
Press Release March 14, 2023